What Future For Education? – Week 1 Reflection

I'm taking an interesting MOOC run by the Institute of Education, and as a part of that, they ask you to maintain a weekly reflection journal. Aside from submitting it for peer review and a grade, I've decided to share it here too, in case anyone has thoughts, ideas or criticisms. Come join the discussion!…

Topping up…

We take it for granted that if we don't eat for a while, we will get hungry. And that without sleep, we will get sleepy. If we don't recharge our phones, we run out of balance. It's pretty obvious, right! And yet, I so often forget that it applies as much to the non-physical things in life.…

Take 2: 100 happy days

"If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving is not the thing for you." Luckily, I'm not going to try skydiving any time soon. But today was the first day of my second year as a teacher. And given the stone in stomach feeling I had about it, I thought it might be a good time to retry the 100 happy…

Independence

I almost lost 3 kids today. Err, what, I hear you say! So yes, school was over, as was MUN class. And I had Sana, Albaz and Albiya to drop onto the bus from Sion to Kurla where they live.  A short walk, a trip we do every day, led us to the bus stop.…

No longer a prison. For now at least.

"for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so" Hamlet, Act II Scene 2  The first two days have been an easy re-introduction. I feel like the dread may have been a good thing. There has been much less carnage and much more productivity. Admittedly, that is because I had 6…